Garment



.April 12 .1927' E.I M. ANToNlAN GARMENT l Filed Aug.4, 1924 riz-- w Patented Apr. 12, 1927.

PATENT OFFICE..

EUNICE IVI. ANTOONIAN, 0F BQSTQN, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT.

Application filed August 4, 1924. eral No. 729,89?.

'Ihis invention pertains to garments, and more particularly to loose fitting, sleeved garments, such for example as bathrobes.

rIhe usual mode of manufacture of suoli garments involves the cutting, by the aid of previously designed patterns, of a number of separate pieces from suitable material, and the subsequent #assemblage of these piecesv and their union by sewed seams.

In making garments intended to fit the person snugly, some such mode of procedure as thatk above outlined is apparently essential, but it has occurred to me that such a method is needlessly complicated and wasteful, both of material and labor, when applied to garments which are not designed norintended to conform closely tothe contour of the wearer. A

I have accordingly devised a novel construction of garment and process of making the same, the principal object of my invention being to provide a garment of the class described, together with a process of making it, which may be manufactured without appreciablewaste of material and by relatively unskilled persons, unassisted by the use of previously designed patterns, but nevertheless when completed possessing all of the necessary and desirable utilitarian characteristics of such a garment, and if desired, an ornamental and pleasing appearance.

` In 'the accompanying drawings I have illustrated, by way of example, one preferred form of garment constructed in' accordance with my invention, and also certain steps in the process of making the same.

In such drawings Fig; 1 is a' front elevation of the completed garment.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary rear view of the garment showing the position of the latter upon the person of the wearer, and Fig. 3y

is fragmentary view to smaller scale showing a piece of material fromwhich the body of the garment may be constructed and indicating diagrammatically some of the steps in making the garment. n

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to Fig. 3, the numeral 1 indicates a piece of fabric of generally rectangular shape. This fabric maybe a section cut from a length of piecegoods, manufactured by any of the usual textile processes, or may be an article of standard dimensions,

for example, like. Y

rl`his piece of material has-the upper edge 2, the lateral edges 3 and 4, and the bottom edge Any, or all of these edges may be finished with an ornamental border or fringe of any suitablecharacter. Y

In making the garment this rectangular piece of fabric is first folded along longitudinal lines 6 and 7 to provide the front flaps 8 and 9, and the back 10.

Preferably, though notnecessarily, the combined widths of the front fiaps are sub'- stantially equal tothe Width of the back 1,0,iso that when folded, the edges 3 and 4 lie adjacent to each other substantially along the lines 3a and 4a, respectively, of F ig. 3. After folding, the upper edges 11 and 13 respectively of the flaps 8 an 9 are secured to the upper edee of the back 10 by means of seams 12 and 14 (Fig. 1) respectively,

Although the seams 12 and 14; have been described as separate seams, they may, and

in fact, ordinarily would, constitute portions of a continuous seam extending across the entire width ofthe back. TVhile seWed seams form a desirable form of connection between the parts, itis contemplated that other and equivalent means of Isecuring the parts together may be employed, if desired.

Slits 15 and 1,6 are formed either after or before the` formation of the seams 12 and 14' along the upper portions ofthe fold lines 6 and 7, respectively, such slits constituting armscyes for the reception of sleeves 17 and 18, respectively.`

These sleeves may b e made in. any desii-ed manner from spitable material, either like that of the body portion of the garment, or otherwise, if desired, and are connected to the body of the garment by seams 19 and 2QI extendingy completely around the armscye; For certain types of'garment it may be found desirable to omit the sleeves, the edges of the armscyes being suitably bound or otherwise finished to provide a smooth edge'. Moreover, it is contemplated that under some circumstances, theslits forming the'armscyes may also be omitted.

During the formation of the seams 12 and 14, or thereafter as may be preferred, a hood or cowl 21 is preferably thoughV not necessarily attached to the upper edge of the back 10. `This hood or cowl may be a blanket, bath rug, or the*- 

